Terrific volume featuring 165 b/w images of photographs of Billingsgate Fish market. With descriptions of the buildings, the trade and history. Dj is price-clipped. Clean and bright. Very good. [more...]
From the Handbook of European National Dances series. With a history of the dances, diagrams of their steps and music, plus full page colour illustrations of the dancers. Complete with DJ. Toning to spine and edges of DJ. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
History of the Simi valley of california. With numerous b/w images. Signed and with a poem/inspirational quote by the author. Some shelf-wear and toning to cover. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Photographic history of the ship, with b/w images by Bale with notes but Blake. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Light foxing to end-papers. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Collection of anecdotes and facts about the various months. With colour illustrations. No DJ. Oblong 8vo. Toning to spine and covers. Tanning within, else clean and sound. Good overall. [more...]
From the Britain in Pictures series. With colour plates and b/w illustrations. Rubbing to edges of DJ. Very faint foxing to page edges. Previous owner's name cut out from ffep. Good. [more...]
First edition of this brief sketch of the history of Turkey and the land of Asia Minor, published in Stark's later years. With 168 photographic plates by Roiter, 26 in colour. 4to. Some toning to DJ. Tanning to top edge, else clean and tight. Very good ov [more...]
To commemorate his son's death in the Great War, Kipling set about writing a regimental history of the Irish Guards in WW1. A humble, serious piece, this is said to be Kipling's great forgotten masterpiece. This volume concerns the second Battalion. Infinit [more...]
'The Annals of London chronicles the events which have changed the face of London and engaged, diverted or outraged its inhabitants in the years since the Romans first settled on the banks of the Thames, through to the dawn of the third millennium.' Charming [more...]
A pictorial history of the first 125 years of Malvern College, the private school in Worcestershire. With 100 b/w photographs and images. Tight and clean. Very good condition. [more...]
'Illustrated military and political history of the world's mightiest power: From the rise of the republic and the dominance of the Empire to the fall of the west'. Lavishly illustrated with colour images. 4to. Some light foxing to bottom edge. Contents cl [more...]
Accessible history of the colonization of Australia. With b/w images. Some toning to spine. Mild foxing to end-papers. Otherwise tight and clean. Good. [more...]
Biography of Washington with b/w images. Quarter cloth binding. EX-Library from the American College of Paris with stamps and bookplate, with ref number to spine. Contents otherwise clean and binidng sound. Good. [more...]
Fascinating exploration of 5th century BC Athens, often looked at through the eyes of Socrates. Mild shelfwear to DJ. Volume is crisp and clean. Very good/near fine. [more...]
Readable, illustrated account of Swedish history from the ice age to the modern day. With numerous colour images. Some very light bumping to top and tail of spine. Else crisp and pristine. Near fine. [more...]
Generously illustrated account of the golden age of sail with numerous colour images and full page cut-aways of notable ships. DJ has some mild bumping. Contents crisp and clean. Very good+ [more...]
Engaging vignettes from english history. Signed by the author (without dedication) to the title page. With belly strap. Some mild bumping to top and tail of DJ. Else crisp and clean. Near fine. [more...]
Oxford At the Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press 1928
Series of essays from a variety of authors describing the influence Classical Rome in various fields including Science, Art and Politics. With numerous b/w images. No date but c. 1928. Mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Previous owner's initials to [more...]
Short, readable biographies of significant women throughout History, including Cleopatra, Theodora, Elizabeth I, Catherine and others. With 16 b/w images. No date but c. 1930. Toning to spine and rear. Marking to covers. Mild foxing to fore-edge. Binding [more...]
